Campbell School Goes Green with Paperless Reports

As of March 1, Robert Gugliara, principal of Campbell School, has announced that Campbell School will no longer send masses of paper notices home in backpacks each day. Instead, ongoing notices, such as lunch schedules and calendar information, will be updated on the school's website and made available there exclusively. Asking families to make a habit of checking online for information on a regular basis, Gugliara states, "We want to save paper as it is costly. Copy machine costs are also high. We will save on time spent running-off and distributing routine notices. I believe that it is time for us to rely more on the available technology."

Moving Campbell School into the completely interactive age will not make up for some notices which will be continuing, such as communications from Special Services or the school nurse, as well as parent-teacher conference sheets and all emergency announcements.

Sending home a paper copy for those that need it was not mentioned as an option. It was mentioned when Mrs. Sinatra switched to only online notices, which showed respect for all types of people. But by the way since I don't get notified about new ones I hardly ever read. I feel it's the school's issue if they want me to know something it's their responsibility to notify me, not for me to constantly check and search out if there might be something new I need to know about. So in the future if they only tell us on the website we have school and I don't happen to check - not my problem.

are you telling me every child at Campbell has a computer at home? I know for a fact there are families with no computer access and I bet there are some who do not have access at work either. We all might but we are discriminating against poorer folks who cannot afford this - and at this economic time I find it offensive.